Abstract

‘Soap opera’ is a popular television genre that ‘invites the audience to … identify with characters' (Livingstone, 1990). Storylines tend to be shaped by national and local culture, although they may feature a disproportionate number of unstable relationships and tragedies (Liebes & Livingstone, 1998). Narratives evolve continually, allowing scriptwriters to incite viewer debate on myriad topical social issues, including mental illness (Reveley, 1997).

Highlights

  • Therapeutic use of soap operas in autistic-spectrum disorders

  • Following the screening of a Tanzanian soap opera on family planning methods, a large field study demonstrated an impressive increase in the uptake of contraception (Rogers et al, 1999). This capacity for community change implies potential for individual change, a concept which might support the therapeutic use of soap opera material

  • Soap opera material has been used effectively in cognitive skills training with an adolescent with learning disability (Creswell, 2001)

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Introduction

Therapeutic use of soap operas in autistic-spectrum disorders This capacity for community change implies potential for individual change, a concept which might support the therapeutic use of soap opera material. Soap opera material has been used effectively in cognitive skills training with an adolescent with learning disability (Creswell, 2001).

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